Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -21.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.22 and a high of $20.21 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HST stock was last observed hovering at around $13.71 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $13.78, the stock is -2.89% and -10.24% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 11.37 million and changing 0.51% at the moment leaves the stock -18.78% off its SMA200. HST registered -31.90% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.31%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.3514 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.02945.
The stock witnessed a -7.58% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.70%, and is 6.66% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.45% over the week and 4.88% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $9.55B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.93 and Fwd P/E is 17.05. Profit margin for the company is 12.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.77% and -31.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.93%).
with sales reaching $1.55B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -27.30% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.37% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
966.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 107.66% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 699.10M, and float is at 683.22M with Short Float at 6.79%. Institutions hold 106.20% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 113.95 million shares valued at $2.05 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 16.1797% of the HST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 76.58 million shares valued at $1.38 billion to account for 10.8732 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 50.29 million shares representing 7.1409% and valued at over $914.06 million, while NORGES BANK holds 4.8231 of the shares totaling 33.97 million with a market value of $610.76 million.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by RAKOWICH WALTER C, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that RAKOWICH WALTER C sold 3,896 shares of the company’s common stock on May 16 ’24 at a price of $18.64 per share for a total of $72636.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 64457.0 shares.
